The mainstream media is amusingly irrational when it comes to reporting
scare stories. The latest example involves the lead content of Mattel
toys made in China. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued
a third recall of Mattel toys involving over 700,000 toys containing unacceptably
high levels of lead paint (over .06 percent lead). Irrational parents
are rushing back to retailers in droves, turning in their Mattel toys
to "save their children" from the dangers of lead paint. Mattel,
for its part, is being rightly blasted in the media for selling shoddy
products made with toxic heavy metals.

But here's the interesting part in all this: Parents directly poison their
children every day with products far more dangerous than Mattel toys.
Don't believe me? I'll name twenty things in this article that are far
more dangerous to children than Mattel toys. It doesn't mean Mattel toys
are safe, of course. They apparently do contain unacceptably high levels
of lead, and there's no question about the toxicity of lead. But children
don't eat toys nearly as often as they eat some other toxic substances
given to them by their parents, and even as parents are herding back into
retailers to refund their toxic lead-laden toys, they're returning home
and poisoning their children with many other products that are far worse.

The press, of course, reports nothing about these other toxic products.
And why? Because they're made in America.

American products poisoning American children

American products, you see, are often given blanket immunity by the U.S.
press. While the media is happy to jump on toxic lead found in Chinese
products, they completely ignore (for example) the toxic mercury that
dentists continue to place into the mouths of young children all across
the country. Why is it considered highly dangerous for a child to merely
touch a toy with .06 percent lead paint while it is considered perfectly
safe for a child to chew on a filling made with 40 percent mercury? Mercury
is far more toxic than lead in many ways, yet the media has nothing to
say about the mass poisoning of children through the outmoded dental work
still being performed on children today. Mercury fillings were invented
before the Civil War, and they're just as toxic now as they were then!

Of course, if dental fillings were made in China, the U.S. press would
be screaming about their toxicity! But since they're installed by crazed
U.S. dentists -- many of whom still manage to seem convincingly sane --
there's zero coverage in the mainstream media.

Reporting the truth about dangerous chemicals, heavy metals and other
threats to children is extremely selective. The public never hears the
real truth about what's dangerous -- they only hear what the media want
them to think is dangerous!

But I've had it with popular media distortions. Here, I'm going to reveal
the top 20 things that are more dangerous to children than the lead paint
in Mattel toys . Interestingly, most of these are things that parents
intentionally give their children (or feed to them!). If you're worried
about lead paint, you should be far more worried about these 20 things...

The top 20 things that are more dangerous to children than lead paint
in Mattel toys

1. Mercury fillings

Often called "silver fillings" to hide the fact that they're
made from mercury, these highly toxic fillings are placed directly into
the mouths of children where they are inhaled (mercury vapor) and swallowed,
causing systemic mercury poisoning to the child and leading to long-term
neurological damage. Visit www.iaomt.org
and watch the "Smoking Teeth = Poison Gas" video to learn more.

2. Vaccines

Think vaccines are safe? You've been hoodwinked by the popular media parroting
drug company propaganda. Vaccines are preserved with methyl mercury, one
of the most dangerous chemical forms of the toxic heavy metal. This mercury
is injected directly into the bodies of children where it causes severe
neurological damage. And yes, it does cause Autism, despite what you've
read in the dumbed-down press. Only a fool would inject their child with
mercury-preserved vaccines.

3. Hot dogs

Hot dogs are made with horrifying processed meat parts ( HYPERLINK "http://www.newstarget.com/phototour_mystery_meat_1.html"
\t "_blank" click here to see shocking photos of processed meat
products, then preserved with a cancer-causing ingredient called sodium
nitrite. As detailed in my book www.truthpublishing.com
Grocery Warning, this ingredient causes brain tumors in children, not
to mention leukemia, pancreatic cancer, colon cancer and other cancers.
Hot dogs are far more dangerous to a child's health than lead paint in
my opinion, and yet parents keep feeding them to their children!

4. Antibacterial soap

How about a little nerve toxin in your soap? That's what's found in antibacterial
soap. It's a toxic cocktail of chemicals designed to kill life. That's
how it kills bacteria. The problem is that it also harms people -- especially
infants and children who are trying to develop healthy nervous systems.
Avoid all products claiming to be "antibacterial." You're better
off using natural soap (like Dr. Bronner's soap, HYPERLINK "http://www.drbronner.com/"
\t "_blank" www.DrBronner.com ) and letting your child's immune
system fight off common bacteria. The world isn't sterile, after all.
You can't turn your house into a germ-free bubble.

5. ADHD drugs

Would you give your child street drugs like speed or meth? Probably not,
but what if your doctor wrote you a prescription for speed and said your
child needed it because he was ADHD? If you're like most parents, you'd
fall in step and start giving your child speed. But wait, you say: ADHD
drugs are not speed, are they? But of course they are. They belong to
a class of drugs called amphetamines. They used to be illegally sold as
speed. Now they're prescription drugs, and they're given to children in
schools all across America (and elsewhere). Psychiatrists and drug companies
are making a killing dosing up kids and infants on substances that used
to be considered illegal street drugs (and that have no legitimate medical
use whatsoever).

6. Sports drinks

For some reason, parents irrationally believe sports drinks are healthy
because they contain the word "sports." Didn't they notice the
neon green artificial coloring? Sports drinks are, in my opinion, a nutritional
joke. Made from salt water, processed sweeteners and petrochemical coloring,
many of their ingredients are actually harmful. Drinking water would be
smarter, and feeding your child some healthy trace minerals would be even
better. Low on potassium? Eat a banana.

7. Cough syrup and over-the-counter medicines

Nearly all children's over-the-counter medicines contain multiple toxic
substances such as chemical sweeteners, preservatives and additives. Cough
syrup, in particular, has been scientifically proven to be absolutely
worthless in preventing coughs. Many "children's" medicines
are actually more toxic than their adult counterparts because they're
sweetened up and cosmetically enhanced with artificial colors made from
petrochemicals. Yet parents poison their children every day with over-the-counter
medicine.

8. Sunscreen

The sunscreen industry is a huge scam. Most popular sunscreen products
actually cause skin cancer due to the numerous toxic chemicals they contain
(which are quickly absorbed into the skin where they cause DNA mutations
that lead to cancer). Even worse, sunscreen blocks the UV radiation that
allows the skin to manufacture all-important vitamin D -- the most powerful
anti-cancer nutrient yet known to modern science. It prevents over a dozen
different cancers, yet parents block it by slathering toxic sunscreen
on their children, all while mistakenly believing they're "protecting
their children from cancer!" What a scam.

9. Fluoride in the water

I've always found it amazing that city water officials were dumb enough
to actually buy a toxic waste substance and arrange to have it dripped
into the public water supply where it would be ingested by infants and
children. The result? Mass fluorosis and toxicity to children everywhere.
Didn't these people realize that fluoride only works topically? (That
is, it only works if you rub it on your teeth, then spit it out, and even
that only works if you're using natural fluoride, not the chemicals spit
out as byproducts of the fertilizer industry, which is what city water
departments are buying and dripping into the water supply.) www.newstarget.com/021115.html
Click here to see my CounterThink cartoon on this topic.

Whoever heard of drinking a topical medication in the first place? It's
like swallowing sunscreen to prevent sunburn. Even worse, putting this
into the public water supply effectively mass medicates everyone with
a bioactive chemical substance that no one has been given a prescription
for. This is all done with no regard for the level of natural fluoride
children might already be ingesting from other sources. The situation
is so crazy that it's difficult to find a more insane example of medical
tyranny than the mass fluoridation of public water supplies. The fact
that doctors and dentists so vehemently support it demonstrates just how
crazy they really are.

10. Processed milk

Children as young as 10 years old are now being diagnosed with heart disease
and clogged arteries. Ever wonder how it happened? It's due in part, I
believe, to all the processed milk children are swallowing these days.
Not only is the milk contaminated with pus, blood and detectable levels
of pesticides and other chemicals, it's also homogenized, meaning the
fats are artificially modified in a way that makes them stay in suspension.
This homogenization also makes milk fats dangerous to cardiovascular health.
While I support the consumption of raw, unprocessed milk, I think that
consuming processed, homogenized milk is dangerous to the health of infants,
children and adults alike!

11. Fast food

Fast food is extremely unhealthy for children. Not only are the foods
often fried, homogenized, hydrogenated and otherwise altered, they're
also laced with chemical additives, taste enhancers, processed sugars,
petrochemical food coloring and other unhealthy substances. Strangely,
many parents actually reward their children for good behavior by buying
them unhealthy fast food meals, thereby creating a psychological association
between good feelings and junk food. (Fast food restaurants further exploit
this psychological link by building playgrounds and running feel-good
advertisements that emphasize friends and fun, then link those good vibes
to their food products.)

12. Antidepressant drugs

Children as young as six months old are now being put on psychotropic
drugs such as SSRIs (antidepressants). These drugs, we now know, cause
suicidal thoughts and violent behavior, especially in young boys. They
imbalance brain chemistry and even alter the body's metabolism of sugar,
promoting diabetes and leading to rapid weight gain. These drugs are so
dangerous that feeding them to children should be considered a crime.
Every single school shooting involving a child in the United States in
the last 15 years has been linked to antidepressant drug use. Need I say
more?

13. Chemical laundry detergents

Parents are shown fancy ads on television depicting how wonderful and
clean their clothes will be if they wash them in brand-name laundry detergent.
What they're not shown, however, is the toxicity of all the synthetic
chemicals that go into most laundry detergent products. The fragrance
chemicals alone are often carcinogenic, and they're just as bad for the
environment as they are children's health. A new alternative has appeared,
however: Soap berries! It's laundry soap that grows on trees. We offer
it at www.betterlifegoods.com

14. Flame retardant chemicals

Did you know that new mattresses for infants and children are often sprayed
with extremely toxic flame retardant chemicals? These are easily absorbed
through the skin of infants and children where they contribute to numerous
neurological disorders and immune suppression. Many clothing products
are also sprayed with flame retardants, as are some carpeting products.
In the push to make everything fireproof, state regulators (who have mandated
the flame retardant chemicals in states like California) have created
a toxic environment for everyone. I suppose if you're a politician, it's
always better for a million people to die of a mysterious disease that
can't be linked to you than to have one baby burning up on the evening
news with fingers of blame pointed directly at you.

15. Soda

Aside from directly promoting diabetes and obesity, sodas also contain
high amounts of phosphoric acid, a substance that dissolves bones and
causes a loss of bone mineral density. This causes massive tooth decay
as well as a shrinking jaw bone and overall skeletal fragility. Diet sodas
are even worse, since they contain chemical sweeteners linked to neurological
disorders and learning disabilities.

16. Air fresheners

Air fresheners contain cancer-causing chemicals. Unleashing them in the
house exposes children to these chemicals, promoting asthma and other
respiratory problems. If you value the health of your children, avoid
air freshener products and just use essential oils or citrus peels instead.
(Peel an orange and hang the peel in your kitchen.)

17. Synthetic vitamins

Many children's vitamins are made with cheap, synthetic "vitamin"
chemicals that actually harm people who take them. Plus, many are loaded
up with artificial colors, sucrose and chemical sweeteners. Avoid cheap,
store-bought children's vitamins or anything containing cyanocobalamin
(a toxic form of vitamin B12). Quality children's vitamins are available
through sources like Nordic Naturals (fish oils) and www.integratedhealth.com(also
check www.wellnessresources.com
for high-quality supplements).

18. Dryer sheets

Most popular dryer sheets and fabric softeners are made with toxic synthetic
chemicals that are not safe to use on children's clothing. The fragrance
chemicals alone are often highly carcinogenic, and the other chemicals
contribute additional toxicity to the clothing. Children's clothes should
never be washed or dried in chemicals. Only use natural detergents and
fabric softeners, or avoid the fabric softeners altogether.

19. Bacon

Most bacon and sausage are processed meat products made with sodium nitrite
(like the hot dogs, above) and contaminated with various chemicals lodged
in the animal fats. Conventionally-raised beef, pork and chicken products
are, in my opinion, extremely toxic to the human body and contribute to
colon cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer and many other diseases and
disorders. If you make meat for your children, shop for 100% organic,
free-range, antibiotic-free meats that have no nitrites or nitrates.

20. Shampoo and bath products

Virtually all popular shampoo and bath products sold on the market contain
cancer-causing chemicals. The ingredients read like a top-40 list of toxic
chemicals. Virtually none of these chemicals have ever been tested or
approved for use on humans (they are simply ignored because the FDA astonishingly
believes the skin won't absorb chemicals). If you want healthy products,
use the shampoo I recommend: Pure Essentials Fragrance-Free Shampoo from
Earth Science ( www.thenewes.com)

Keeping your health priorities straight

So that's the list of 20 items that are more dangerous to the health of
children than the lead paint in Mattel toys. Most parents have no concern
whatsoever for any of these 20 things, but they're going ape-shoot-crazy
over the tiny amounts of lead in their Barbie toys and Elmo stuffed animals.
It all just goes to show you that the sheeple will think anything the
mainstream media tells them to think (and they'll ignore everything else).

It's classic American contradiction: Returning a Mattel toy at the local
toy store while taking your child to a dentist to have mercury implanted
in the cavities caused by all the soda the kid consumed at home (because
the parents keep buying Coke and Pepsi). If it all weren't so downright
tragic, it would almost be funny.